Grain-divider



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x S. RAY.

GRAIN DIVIDBR. `No.7383f542. PatentedMay 29, 1888.

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GRAINHDIVIDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 383.542,11aed may 29, 1883.

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To @ZZ whom, it may concern.'

Be it known that I, SEVRIN RAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at-Alderley, in the county of Dodge and State of Wisconsin, haveinvented certain new and useful impro-aeinents in Grain-Dividers; and I do declare the`u` following to be a full, clear, and exact'desoription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

llhis invention relates to grain dividers for harvesting-machines.

The farmer nowadays eultivates the ground close to the fence, and when harvesting the grain a swath is first cradled around the field for the harvesting-machine to run in, which is a very laborious proceeding, or else the machine is set to work at once, and in cutting the iirst swath the drive-wheel rolls down all the grain standing in its path and presses it into the ground. The drive-wheel is eight to ten inches Wide, more or less, and in a large field the grain that would be lost by being` crushed into the earth by such wheel would be very great.

The object ofthe present invention is lo do away with the expensiveand laborious operalion of cradling a swath around the Iield and enable the farmer to put the machine to work at once without the danger of the drivc-wheel crushing and destroying any verygreat amount of grain.

The improvementconsists of a graiudivider composed of two side bars having their rear ends bent bael: upon themselves and their front ends converging and united. Ashort bar, extending rearwardly and upwardly from the closed end, is provided with a rod having a hook on its inner end to adj ustably connect the front end of the divider with the frame. rlhe bent ends of the side bars extend inward for a twofold purpose: to permit the side bars to extend back some distance on each side of the drivewheel, and to afford a means of attachment between the divider and the n1achine without interrupting the smoothness of the said side bars.

The improvement further consists of the -novel features more fully hereinafterl set forth and claimed, and shown in the annexed drawings, in which- Figure l is a plan view ot' a frame of a harvester embodying my invention, showing the operation ofthe grain-divider. Fig. 2 is a side view of the grain-divider, showing a portion of the harvester-frame and drive-wheel, on an enlarged scale. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the grain-divider.

The graindivider,composed of the side bars, C, converging and united at a point at their front ends, and'vliavingtlreir rear ends, (Z, bent back upon themselves, has the short bar Z pro jecting upwardly from the closed dorpoint m of the divider. The divider is se ured to the frontsill, a, of the harvester-trame any suitable devices applied to the bent ended of the side bars, C, as the eyebolts o, havingthe end CZ passed through their eyes, the yokevplate.

Rand the nuts o,screwed on the threaded ends of the eyebolts. The grain-divider is located in front of the drive-wheel g, and its rearends extend back on each side of the drive-wheel soine distance to prevent the grain springing up and coming in front of the drive-wheel. The rod Q, fastened to Z and having a hook at its inner end, is adjustably connected with a short chain, q, on the harvester-frame to regulate the pitch of the grain-divider tu adapt it to the inclination of the harvester-frame. The side bars, C, are sufficiently stout to withstand the pressure of. grain, yct are light enough to permit ihein to yield when raising or lowering the front end ofthe divider. The ends cZ,being bent, aiso assist in giving spring to the side bars, and by having them curve inward the grain will not catch on the eyebolts, which are within the side bars.

Fig. l represents a harvesting-machine .provided with my graiudivider cutting the first swath around a ield. a is the standing grain; b, the swath; f, the fence, and c the path of the drive-wheel, showing the grain divided. The heads of the grain are not crushed into the earth by the drive-Wheel, as they are pushed out of its path by the grain-divider when cutting the first swath. 0n cutting the second swath the grain previously in the path of the roo drive-wheel is harvested along with the other grain. The rods Q and Z incline upwardly from the end of the divider, and serve to separate the tangled ends of the grain.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

,l. The Combination, with the main wheel of a harvester, of the grain-divider composed of two side bars converging at their front ends, and having their rear ends connected with the wheel-frame ofthe harvester, and the connection between said front end and the upright frame of the harvester, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the main wheel of a harvester, of the grain-divider having` side bars, the rear ends of the side bars being bent back on themselves, and means for connecting the bent endswith the harvester frame, snbstantially as described.

3. The combination, with the main wheel of a harvester, of the side bars, G, having their front ends converging and having their rear ends bent back upon themselves and curving inward, the short bar Z, the rod Q, having a hook on its inner end, the short chain, and means, as the eyebolts o and yoke P, for securing the side bars to the frame of the harvester, substantially as described,

4. Theherein-deseribed grain-divider, composed of the elastio converging side hars having their rear ends bent back on themselves and curved inwardly, the short bar Z at their points, and the rod Q, having a hook at its free end, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof Iafiix my signature in 35 presence of two witnesses.

SEVRIN RAY. XVitnesses;

CnersToPHER RAY, MARTIN SonERsnN. 

